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Sila: Leading Clean Transition With Silicon Anode-Lithium-ion Batteries
Sila Nanotechnologies creates silicon anode for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries
By 2028, the firm aims to increase the plant for manufacturing to power 2-10 million EVs/year
Jan 2, 2023 // Storage, doe, canada pension plan investment board, Lithium ion Battery, Coatue, US department of energy, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, National Science Foundation, Sila Nanotechnologies, Sutter Hill Ventures
Akuo enlists crowdfunding partner for 17MWp floating project in France
Individuals can now bankroll the deployment of a large-scale floating solar plant in France, a project by Paris-headquartered Akuo Energy.
Oct 3, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, akuo, Allianz Crowdlending
Hanwha acquires large risk in REC Silicon, seeks to restart US polysilicon production
Hanwha Solutions Corporation has accepted buy a 16.67% risk in Norwegian polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon in a deal worth around US$ 160 million, with the South Korean chemical company looking to resume REC Silicon's 20,000 MT polysilicon factory in the United States.
Nov 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, polysilicon, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, REC Silicon, Hanwha, SEMA
Waves, wind & floating PV
Dutch proving ground TNO is establishing an examination center for floating PV plants in Oostvoornse, where it will certainly examine the effect of wind as well as waves on floating frameworks as well as module return. TNO Senior Project Manager Jan Kroon informed pv magazine that it will certainly analyze module damages and also the influence of waves on light absorption. It has actually currently discovered that the proportion in between wave-height and also wave-length is an essential consider inequality losses, while keeping in mind that optimizers as well as micro-inverters on panels can alleviate losses.
Apr 7, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, TNO, Jan Kroon
First Solar's manufacturing facilities roll on in United States, Asia as COVID-19 lockdowns increase
First Solar has actually chosen to maintain its manufacturing facilities in United States and also Asia open in the meantime complying with an evaluation that some are not covered by lockdown strategies passed in either area.
Mar 26, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Malaysia, First Solar, Asia, North America, Vietnam, cdte thin-film modules, Ohio, Coronavirus, covid-19, lpkf
Statkraft commissions Albanian solar advance
Project in collaboration with Ocean Sun gets on the Banja reservoir
Jun 3, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Statkraft, PV Power Plant, Albania, Christian Rynning-Tønnesen
REC Silicon Board Concedes It Has No Escape From Hanwha’s NOK 2.20-per-Share Takeover
REC Silicon’s new board says it cannot finance the company without accepting Hanwha’s NOK 2.20-per-share takeover, leaving investors little room to manoeuvre.
Jul 8, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Europe, polysilicon, Norway, REC Silicon, Hanwha, m&a
Student-made solar car approached Guinness World Record speed. They are still working to take the title
Cal Poly team members kept their eyes on El Mirage Lake’s horizon, waiting in anticipation. Just then, the futuristic vehicle they knew all too well emerged from a mirage and sped across the desert.
Dec 4, 2019 // Technology, Transport, Japan, Asia, Cal Poly, Ashiya University, PROVE, Guinness, Kristin Kraybill, Aaron Li, Lacey Davis
The US Army simply launched the largest floating solar farm in the Southeast-- why this is a big deal
The United States Army has launched the biggest floating solar farm in the Southeast. It's also the initial project of its kind for the US Department of Defense.
Jun 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, USA, floating PV, North America, solar farm
Duke Energy Florida sets up 1 million solar panels in the Sunshine State
Duke Energy Florida mounted its one-millionth photovoltaic panel in the state at the firm's Columbia Solar Power Plant in Fort White, Florida. The utility subsidiary intends to set up a considerable quantity of added solar power over the following 10 years throughout the state.
Feb 25, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Florida, North America, Duke Energy Florida
NSW Fast-Tracks Hunter REZ Upgrades, Unlocking 1.8GW
NSW fast-tracks 1.8 GW Hunter–Central Coast REZ, first to use existing poles—slashing delays, creating jobs, and upgrading substations and fiber as coal gives way to clean power.
Mar 2, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, rez, transmission
Tender Issued for Hydro Plus Floating Solar Hybrid Project in Mumbai
MCGM has actually tendered for an eco-friendly crossbreed power project of 20 MW hydro power capacity and 80 MW floating solar capability at the Vaitarna lake.
Dec 29, 2020 // Plants, Floating PV, India, tender, floating PV, Asia, Mumbai, MCGM
Solar still study obtains $1.4 million boost from Army
A UB-led group is creating a sun-powered water cleanser that might supply alcohol consumption water in resource-scarce atmospheres
Oct 26, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, University at Buffalo, Qiaoqiang Gan, Sunny Clean Water
Switzerland Seeks To Adapt For Solar Energy With AlpinSolar Plant
AlpinSolar power plant on Lake Muttsee Dam in Switzerland has turned into one its kind in the country brimming with 5,000 solar panels. The dam is over 2,500 meters over sea-level as well as is bordered by snow covered peaks.
The Muttsee dam is well-suited for the established of a photovoltaic plant.
Feb 16, 2023 // Plants, Solar Panels, Europe, Switzerland, AlpinSolar, Lake Muttsee Dam
Testing floating PV with tracking systems
French water management agency Société du Canal de Provence (SCP) is planning an innovative floating project to test its combination with a solar tracking system. The 250 kW project was awarded a fixed tariff in a special tender for innovative PV projects held by The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) in February 2018. The plant will be deployed on a water surface managed by SCP in Southern France.
Jan 29, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, tender, floating PV, Europe, SCP








